Four ways to speed up the startup of Win XP

A computer and its related external devices are available, its hardware entity is fixed, this time only the software program can be operated, this article from hardware and software, The security of the software program has certain risks. From simple and relatively complicated aspects, how to speed up the startup time of XP, make a summary, so that the novice rookie can operate him simply and safely.

First, the hardware factors affecting the startup speed

The main hardware that affects the computer startup speed is the motherboard and hard disk and memory, but has little to do with the CPU.

The motherboard is the "base" of various computer accessories. There are many tasks to be done at boot time, such as self-test, search for various ports, and various external devices. Therefore, reducing the self-test time, reducing external equipment, and improving efficiency can increase the startup speed. If the computer is connected to a peripheral such as a scanner or USB hard disk, it may slow down the system. It is recommended that you connect these peripherals when you need them. The USB device can be connected after booting.

The main factor determining the performance of the motherboard is the motherboard chipset. The main factor determining the boot speed is the disk performance and driver performance of the motherboard chipset.

In addition to the power-on self-test, the computer startup time is mainly used to read system files from the hard disk. The hard disk works by reading and writing data on a high-speed rotating disc by moving the head. Then the higher the disk speed, the more data the head reads per unit time, which is very beneficial for system startup. In addition, hard drives with fast seek times and large caches can also significantly increase boot time.

Reducing the boot disk scan wait time. When the Windows log records an abnormal shutdown or a crash caused by a crash, the system will automatically run the ScanDisk program at boot time. By default, it will wait 10 seconds before scanning each partition. If each partition has to wait 10 seconds to start scanning, plus the time required for scanning itself, it will take a long time to complete the boot process. . In this case we can set the wait time for canceling the disk scan and even for scanning a disk partition.

Start→Run, enter “chkntfs/t:0” to set the disk scan wait time to 0; if you want to ignore scanning a partition when the computer starts, such as C drive, you can enter “chkntfs” /xc:" command; if you want to resume scanning for the C drive, you can use the "chkntfs/dc:" command to restore all chkntfs default settings, except for the countdown of automatic file checks.

A hardware that has a major impact on Windows XP is memory. Running Windows XP with 256MB of RAM is smoother, and 512MB of memory can make the system run very well.

Second setting through the desktop or control panel (safe)

1)Remove the gorgeous and bloated appearance

Remove the "wallpaper", "screen saver", delete the extra Desktop icon. If it is Win XP, you can right-click "My Computer", select "Properties → Advanced", click "Settings" in the "Performance" item, and select "Adjust to Best Performance".

2)Maintenance System

If you install and delete too many games, too many applications, and too many old materials in your system, your computer will run faster. The slower the start, the longer the boot time. Therefore, it is best to do a comprehensive maintenance of the computer at regular intervals (usually 1-3 months). Click "Start" → "Programs" → "Accessories" → "System Tools", use the disk cleaning and defragmentation inside to do a comprehensive maintenance of the computer, pay attention to the disk where the system is located when defragmenting the disk, so that In order to really speed up the Windows boot sequence.

3) Reduce the time of pre-start

(1) Open "System Properties" (right click on my computer - properties, or open "System" in the control panel, shortcuts Win+pause break) Click the “Advanced” tab, open “Settings” in the “Startup and Recovery” area, and remove the two ports in the “System Startup” area. If it is a multi-system user, keep the “Display Operating System List”. The time of the "”", set it to 5 inside.

(2) If you do not want the startup scroll bar to appear, you can click the "Edit" button in the previous step to open the "System Startup" area, and add /noguiboot to the fastdetect in the boot notebook. This will not display the scroll bar again at startup. If you really like the display of this scroll bar, you don't have to do this step.

4)Expanding virtual memory capacity

If your hard drive is large enough, please open "System" in "Control Panel" and open "Virtual Memory" in "Performance" option. ", select the second item: the user sets the virtual memory setting, points to a less-used hard disk, and sets the maximum and minimum values ​​to a fixed value, which is about 2 times the physical memory. In this way, when the virtual memory uses the hard disk, it does not need to accommodate the difference between the big and the small, and the fixed space is used as the virtual memory to speed up the access speed. The setting of virtual memory is best done after "disk defragmentation", so that virtual memory is not in a continuous, non-fragmented file space, which can work better.

5) Remove the boot flag from Windows.

Click “Start” → “Control Panel” → “Folder Options” and select “Show All Files” from the “Advanced Settings” list box in the “View” tab. Then open the c drive, find the msDOS.sys file, and cancel its "read-only" attribute, open it, under the "option" paragraph, add a line of statements: logo=0, so the Windows boot pattern will not be Load run.

You can also click - Start - Run: type msconfig, then find boot.ini and check /bootlog inside.

6) Too many desktop icons can cause problems

There are too many icons on the desktop to slow down the system. Every time Windows starts and displays the desktop, it needs to find the icons of the desktop shortcuts one by one and load them. The more icons, the more time it takes. It is recommended that you put the less commonly used desktop icons in a special folder or simply delete them.

(Small Tips): Some anti-virus software provides system startup scanning function, which will take a lot of time. In fact, if you have opened the real-time monitoring function of anti-virus software, then the scanning system will appear at startup. Something is superfluous, or disable this feature.

7) File and Printer Sharing

Some computers with Windows XP Professional will also have a very slow startup problem. This is due to the use of the Bootvis.exe program, which is Mrxsmb. The .dll file adds time to the computer startup.

To solve this problem, just stop sharing folders and printers: Select "Start → Settings → Network and Dial-up Connections", right-click "Local Area Connection", select "Properties", in the window that opens. Uncheck the box next to "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" under "This connection uses the selected components below."

8) Remove the extra self-starting program

Start→Run, enter “msconfig”, and then click “OK”, the “System Configuration Utility” dialog box will be called up and select "Startup" tab, which lists the items and sources loaded at system startup, carefully check whether each item needs to be automatically loaded, otherwise clear the check box before the project, the less loaded items, the startup The faster the speed.

9) Use BootVis software to improve startup speed

Bootvis is a startup optimization tool provided by Microsoft. It is a startup acceleration software developed by Microsoft for Win XP. It is safer to use and can be significantly improved. Windows XP startup speed, interested friends can view their help files.

Using BootVis to improve the startup speed of Windows XP must be operated in the correct order, otherwise it will not speed up the effect